Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 22168

Avian Influenza and Notifiable Diseases

Tabled: 6 January 2025
Answered: 13 January 2025

Question

Claire Young

Liberal DemocratThornbury and Yate

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information his Department holds on how many (a) mallards and (b) other gamebirds of which species have been destroyed at rearing and release facilities due to (i) highly pathogen

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
Over the last five years highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has been confirmed at seven premises (five in England, one in Scotland and one in Wales) where commercial gamebirds have been kept, out of a total of 411 premises were HPAI has been confirm...

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